The Celebration Hymnal

743

Wonderful Peace

1 Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight  
Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;  
In celestial-like strains it unceasingly falls  
O’er my soul like an infinite calm.  

Refrain:  
Peace! peace! wonderful peace,  
Coming down from the Father above;  
Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray,  
In fathomless billows of love.  

2 What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace,  
Buried deep in the heart of my soul;  
So secure that no power can mine it away,  
While the years of eternity roll. [Refrain]  

3 I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,  
Resting sweetly in Jesus’ control;  
For I’m kept from all danger by night and by day,  
Now His glory is flooding my soul. [Refrain]  

4 And I know when I rise to that city of peace,  
Where the Author of peace I shall see,  
That one of the anthems the ransomed will sing,  
In that heavenly kingdom shall be: [Refrain]  

5 O soul, are you here without comfort or rest,  
Walking down the rough pathway of time?  
Make Jesus your friend ere the shadows grow dark;  
O accept this sweet peace so sublime. [Refrain]

WORDS: W. D. Cornell (alt.)
MUSIC: W. G. Cooper
Theme: Walking with God: Peace and Joy